r/worldnews • u/DevineDoja • Jun 04 '24

Ukraine sent special forces to Syria to attack Russians there, revealing a new front to the war: report Russia/Ukraine

https://www.businessinsider.com/ukraine-special-forces-syria-attack-russians-new-war-front-report-2024-6
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u/m0j0m0j Jun 04 '24

That’s because 90% of American leftist intellectuals built their whole foreign policy views around “America is literally the worst thing that exists in the world” and they disseminate this thinking to the next generation of activists - underpaid, overeducated, and frustrated social science PhD havers

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u/Ludwigofthepotatoppl Jun 04 '24

I’m a leftist and consider myself at least kind of smart. America’s a total bastard, but look at russia, china, the middle east… holy shit we could be so much worse.

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u/Duskuser Jun 04 '24

In general I think the American education system could do a much better job showing how much of a historical bastard Russia is. Lots of young Americans are just simply unaware of the world outside of the US since most of our historical education only touches on Russian-European conflicts via world wars, which paints a very lacking picture.

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u/RedditBugler Jun 04 '24

In my experience with American public education, every grade level started over with Columbus and then went chronologically. We almost never made it to WWI in my history classes. Almost everything I learned about modern American history came from supplemental material I found in my own time because I was a nerd. There is a HUGE gap in modern history education in the US that leads to many people not having a frame of reference for today's issues. 

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u/scientist_tz Jun 04 '24

When I was in school (80's and 90's) I wasn't exposed to WWI and WWII in a classroom until 7th grade. The reason we were told was "If you want to learn about WWII, ask your grandparents."

That was true. We could ask our grandparents. Hell, I've been to a WWII army reunion event where I met all my grandpa's war buddies. It's not possible anymore. The people who served are almost all gone.

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u/Spirited_Ingenuity89 Jun 04 '24

That sounds like a normal curriculum scope and sequence.

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u/Spirited_Ingenuity89 Jun 04 '24

Well, all schools don’t follow the same scope and sequence, but this is not an accurate representation of most curriculums.